The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-02-09

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Next Monday is st. Valentine Is
day. At present the 14th day of Feb
ruary equals as an occasion for the in
terchange of social greetings either the
Christmas or Easter occasions. There
Is about IL, of course, its peculiar anna
tory characteristic. There are little
more pink in the valentine than there
are in the s'peace, good will, !" or "He
is isen" chromos, but the purpose is
the same. They express the sender's
good will and give the consignee a
quiet pointer on his friends.
For the CASH you can buy "bar-
gains" in everything at Wilson's.
We have heard it stated that Mr..
Gould, leading cotton mill operator
of Cincinnati, Will visit the south this
spring to investigate for himself the
! advantages of this section over the
north for the operation Of manufacture
ing enterprises. Being an intimate
friend of Capt. HaDev. of the Melrose
Mill, he will visit Rnsselville before
returning home. And would it not be
well for our people to begin to think
about Offering some inducements to
Mr.. Gould to move his immense prop
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decides to move south?
/ Wilson is selling goods for cash
cheaper than anybody.
Mrs. j. b. Faucett returned home
, last week from Argenta, where she had
for some time been attending the bed
side of the very sick wife Of her son,
Will Faucet. She brought with her
the infant son of Mrs. Faucet, and will
care for it until it's mother is able to
have 1t restored to her. The baby is
in good hands and will receive moth
er's care.
LATER--A telegram to Mr.. J. B. Fau-
cett from his son Monday announced
the death OF his wife at 4 o'clock that
morning. The remains were carried
to Memphis for interment, accompa-
MED by the bereaved husband, his
brother James and sister Maggie, and
Other relatives Of the deceased. The
! DEMOCRAT extends it's sympathy to the
: sorrowing husband and bereaved rela-
tives.
1.-The best shoe in the market is Bry-
an, Brown Shoe Co IS. You will find
them at r. j. WILSON'S.
A frighrful accident happened to
Mr.. VIII Brooks as he was driving out
OF town last Friday afternoon. About
mile from town the wagon straddled
persimmon bush and twig caught
in the singletree and rebounding with
great force struck him on the eye,
bursting the pupil, and destroying the
sight completely. DR.. Hill was immc-
, diately summoned and did all that med
ical skill could devise to relieve the
sufferer. Mr.. Brooks is young man
about twenty-one years of age, and
!, very popular in wide circle of ac-
quaintances. We extend to him our
warmest sympathy.
! Il have used, for the last twenty
, wears, the medicine known as DR..
Bradfield's Female Regulator, and con-
slider it the best combination ever got
ten together for the diseases for which
it is recommended.
w. b. FERRELL, M. ID.
Lagrange, Ga.
Hon. David Davis tells the frozen
truth when he says: each year every
local paper gives from 500 to $500 in
free lines for the benefit of the commu-
nifty in which it is located. No other
agency can or will do this. The local
editor in proportion to his means does
more for his town than any other ten
men and in all fairness man with man
he ought to be supported, not because
you like him or happen to admire his
writings, but because local paper is
the best investment q community can
make. 1t may not be brilliant or crowd
ed with great thoughts, but financially
it is more of a benefit to a community
than preacher or teacher. Under
stand us now, we do not mean morally
or intellectually but financially, and
yet on the moral question you Will find
the majority of the local papers on the
! right side OF the question. To-day the
editors of local papers do the most work
for the least pay than any men on earth.
! Subscribe for your local paper, not as
charity but as an investment"
There seems to be diversity of
opinion touching "ground-hog day"
some contending that it comes on the
"a February, others that it comes on
the l4th, and still others that the little
animal knows better than To venture
out before the 22d. The believers in
the first date seem TO have clear major
ity, and a pretty plain case, as the fol-
lowing from an exchange will show:
The "ground-hog day" Is name
borrowed from the Pennsylvania Dutch,
who have great faith in that highly
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that if when he comes out of his hole and
looks around there is enough sun to
cast a shadow he goes back for another
sleep of six weeks duration, knowing
full we'll that winter is far from being
past and gone. Yet these good old Penn
! sylvanians were not the founders OF
this belief (though they were probably
: the first to adopt the ground hog as a
weather prophep as the following indi-
! Gates the superstition TO be of very an
} cient origin: Before the Reformation In
. England some monk expressed the pop
ular credence In this rhyming distici
81 sol splondescat Maria festum guam
, fuit ante. Literally: If the sun shines
on Candlemas day there will be more
ice after the feast than there was be-
! fore.'
} The Scotch express it briefly:
If Candlemas be fair and clear,
1'here'll be two winters in the year
From collection of old English pro-
verbs it may be learned that;
The hind had as lief see
His wife on a bier.
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